Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 893 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
502
WUUS53 KMPX 120000
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-120045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0065.150712T0000Z-150712T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
700 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 700 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGILVIE...OR
26 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORA...OGILVIE...QUAMBA...KNIFE LAKE AND MORA AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4595 9313 4590 9314 4576 9343 4591 9364
4614 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 235DEG 17KT 4588 9349
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWE1 follow-up statement
251
WWUS53 KMPX 120019
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
719 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
MNC065-095-120045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-150712T0045Z/
MILLE LACS MN-KANABEC MN-
719 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MILLE LACS AND CENTRAL KANABEC COUNTIES...
AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNIFE LAKE...
OR 22 MILES WEST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORA...OGILVIE...QUAMBA...KNIFE LAKE AND MORA AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4595 9313 4590 9314 4579 9337 4597 9359
4614 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 237DEG 15KT 4592 9339
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 12, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 47 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.